Ginger & Rosa is a drama film written and directed by Sally Potter. The film stars Elle Fanning, Alessandro Nivola, Christina Hendricks, Timothy Spall, Oliver Platt, Jodhi May, Annette Bening, and Alice Englert.
Plot[]
London, 1962. Two teenage girls, Ginger and Rosa - are inseparable. They skip school together, talk about love, religion and politics and dream of lives bigger than their mothers' domesticity. But the growing threat of nuclear war casts a shadow over their lives. Ginger is drawn to poetry and protest, while Rosa shows Ginger how to smoke cigarettes, kiss boys and pray. Both rebel against their mothers: Rosa's single mum, Anoushka, and Ginger's frustrated painter mother, Natalie. Meanwhile, Ginger's pacifist father, Roland seems a romantic, bohemian figure to the girls. He encourages Ginger's 'Ban-the-Bomb' activism, while Rosa starts to take a very different interest in him. As Ginger's parents fight and fall apart, Ginger finds emotional sanctuary with a gay couple, both named Mark, and their American friend, the poet Bella. Finally, as the Cuban Missile Crisis escalates - and it seems the world itself may come to an end - the lifelong friendship of the two girls is shattered. Ginger clutches at one hope; if she can help save the world from extinction, perhaps she too will survive this moment of personal devastation.
Cast[]
- Elle Fanning as Ginger
- Alice Englert as Rosa
- John C. Reilly as Roland
- Annette Bening as May Bella
- Oliver Platt as Mark II
- Timothy Spall as Mark
- Michael Peña as Kevin
- Michael Clarke Duncan (uncredited) as Judgment Bob
- Christina Hendricks as Natalie
- Jodhi May as Anoushka
- Oliver Milburn as Roger
- Kelly Metzger as Dr. Samantha
- Andrew Hawley as Tony
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